Archive for 'Gadgets and Gizmos'
Infiniti: do not unscrew
cj hubbard writes:
You’ve heard of Infiniti, right? How about Bell & Ross – purveyors of fine wristwatches? Yeah, that’s right: Bell & Ross makes those funky industrial looking ‘Time Instruments’ you see advertised in fancy magazines… You’ve figured out where this is going.
So, you can now buy a Limited Edition Bell & Ross BR03-92 Instrument […]
Posted: May 11th, 2010 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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Let’s go drive a tank. Or an armchair.
cj hubbard writes:
It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago – which I mention again not because I feel the need to advertise the fact, but because my girlfriend spent the weeks leading up to it asking me what I’d like to do, approximately every five minutes or so. Got a similar […]
Posted: February 1st, 2010 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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New zero-emissions Morgan revealed
Dan Trent writes:Ever wished you were still a kid? You will when you see this, Morgan’s latest new model, the SuperSports Junior. That’s new in a way only Morgan understands of course, the spoked wheels, bicycle mudguards and standalone headlights all celebrating a bygone age of classic motoring much like its traditional 4/4 and +4 […]
Posted: January 5th, 2010 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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On track testing with the CG-Lock
cj hubbard writes:
A little earlier, but essentially this time last week, Dan and I were rocking up to Oulton Park circuit for a Renaultsport trackday, bringing with us a pair of CG-Locks to test.
Picture: Dan Trent
This didn’t get off to an immediately great start, since it turned out Dan’s was faulty. This may or may […]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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What’s in the box? A CG-Lock…
cj hubbard writes:
A neat little package arrived in the mail yesterday, and inside we found this:
You might have heard of it – it’s called the CG-Lock. A tiny piece of precision engineering that clamps on to your seatbelt buckle to order to restrain the belt’s movements.
But why?
Well, quite a few reasons. By holding the belt […]
Posted: November 13th, 2009 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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Ever tried starting your car with a USB stick?
Dan Trent writes:
It’s a risk I run this week, considering I’m in the fortunate position of having the keys to a BMW M3 Edition in my pocket. But you see they’re joined by this, the USB stick containing the media pack for the X1 press launch I attended last week. Can you tell them apart? […]
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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MOT forgetful? Here’s a solution.
cj hubbard writes:
Are you prone to forgetting things? Even important things - like the date of your car’s MOT? Then here’s clever little gidget that costs peanuts and should sort you out.
It’s called the Electronic MOT Reminder Device - catchy, err, no, but I could probably stop typing now and you’d still […]
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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A5 Sportback debuts new “Audi driver replace”
cj hubbard writes:
Audi is notorious for its over-processed press pictures. So when I was sorting out the images for the brand new A5 Sportback yesterday it was no surprise to come across this:
Hello, I thought. That would appear to be an A5 Sportback motoring along without a driver. Photoshop ahoy.
Dan, however, came up with a […]
Posted: July 17th, 2009 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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Father’s Day: don’t panic
cj hubbard writes:
Tomorrow, Sunday June 21, is Father’s Day. And in case you’ve forgotten, here’s a trio of last minute gift ideas.
They’re all products from Haynes – which has been rather successfully branching out from its standard workshop manual fare for several years now. It might be a little late to get them in the […]
Posted: June 20th, 2009 under Gadgets and Gizmos.
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